1999 Minnesota Statutes

     268.6751 Allocation of wage subsidy money. 

    Subdivision 1.    Allocation.  Wage subsidy money, 
 comprehensive job readiness money, and job retention services 
 money must be allocated to counties in proportion to the number 
 of persons living at or below the federal poverty threshold in 
 each county.  By December 31 of each fiscal year, counties, 
 designees, and workforce service areas receiving wage subsidy 
 money, comprehensive job readiness money, and job retention 
 services money shall report to the commissioner on the use of 
 allocated funds.  The commissioner shall reallocate uncommitted 
 funds for each fiscal year according to the formula in this 
 subdivision. 

    Subd. 2.    Emergency wage subsidies.  (a) The 
 commissioner shall monitor local and statewide unemployment 
 rates.  Upon determining that an economic emergency exists in 
 one or more local service units, the commissioner may implement 
 an emergency wage subsidy program and recommend to the governor 
 to pursue ways to increase the wage subsidy money available to 
 local service units in the affected area or areas from sources 
 other than the appropriation allocated under subdivision 1.  

    (b) When the unemployment rate for the state of Minnesota 
 equals or exceeds nine percent, the commissioner shall implement 
 a statewide emergency wage subsidy program and shall recommend 
 to the governor to pursue ways to increase money available for 
 wage subsidies. 

    HIST: 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 54; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 136; 1990 c 
 568 art 4 s 64; 1997 c 200 art 3 s 15 

*   NOTE:  Subdivision 1 was also amended by Laws 1997, chapter 
*85, article 4, section 28, to read as follows: 

*   "Subdivision 1.    Wage subsidies.  Wage subsidy money 
*must be allocated to local service units in the following manner:

*   (a) The commissioner shall allocate 87.5 percent of the 
*funds available for allocation to local service units for wage 
*subsidy programs as follows:  the proportion of the wage subsidy 
*money available to each local service unit must be based on the 
*number of unemployed persons in the local service unit for the 
*most recent six-month period and the number of aid to families 
*with dependent children and Minnesota family investment 
*program-statewide cases in the local service unit for the most 
*recent six-month period. 

*   (b) Five percent of the money available for wage subsidy 
*programs must be allocated at the discretion of the commissioner.

*   (c) Seven and one-half percent of the money available for 
*wage subsidy programs must be allocated at the discretion of the 
*commissioner to provide jobs for residents of federally 
*recognized Indian reservations.  

*   (d) By December 31 of each fiscal year, providers and local 
*service units receiving wage subsidy money shall report to the 
*commissioner on the use of allocated funds.  The commissioner 
*shall reallocate uncommitted funds for each fiscal year 
*according to the formula in paragraph (a)."